Preschool is practically synonymous with hands-on learning: play dough, finger-paints, mud kitchens, Magna-tiles. For 3- and 4-year-olds, school is all about exploring the physical world, fine-tuning motor skills, making (and cleaning up) a mess, developing social connections. When schools closed last month in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, we wondered, How […]
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This story was first published in the Addison Independent. BRISTOL — Every day, before they head off to toil on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents in the Mount Abraham Unified School District who’ve been designated “essential workers” drop their children off at Bristol Elementary School. There staff in the district’s Expanded Learning Program
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A dispatch from Caroline Corrente, mom of 3-year-old Casey and co-owner of Middlebury’s Haymaker Bun Co. and the Arcadian MiniBury: In one word, describe how you’re feeling today. Caroline: Stretched MiniBury: When are you doing the bulk of your work? Caroline: I am running our bakery in the mornings between 6 a.m. and 12 p.m.
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In order for me to have time and quiet in which to write this column, my husband took all five of our children to ride bikes around their grandparents’ neighborhood. Once upon a time, this would have been a normal occurrence on a Sunday afternoon, but not today. This is the first time I have
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A dispatch from Erin Jones Poppe, mother of 6-year-old Seba and four-year-old twins Lucas and Isaac. MiniBury: In one word, describe how you’re feeling today. Erin: Foggy MiniBury: When are you doing the bulk of your work? Erin: Wednesday mornings, and then whenever I can. MiniBury: What is your kids’ relationship with screens these days?
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A dispatch from David Miranda Hardy. MiniBury: Tell us who you are. David: Husband, dad, educator, filmmaker MiniBury: In one word, describe how you’re feeling today. David: Adrift MiniBury: When are you doing the bulk of your work? David: 4 hours a day, alternating mornings and afternoons with my wife. Some nights, too. MiniBury: What
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Just before our community began to feel the effects of the global pandemic in mid-March, we were busy finishing up our annual Summer Camp Guide. Those days of planning ahead already feel like a lifetime ago. But, summer isn’t cancelled. And many local organizers have told us they are cautiously moving ahead with their plans.
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A dispatch from Erin Davis, mom to Asa, 4. MiniBury: In one word, describe how you’re feeling today. Erin: Depleted MiniBury: When are you doing the bulk of your work? Erin: Very early morning, before 7 a.m. MiniBury: What is your kid’s relationship with screens these days? Erin: He watches about the same as before
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A dispatch from Sarah Audet, mom to Margo, 3, and Nash, 9 months MiniBury: In one word, describe how you’re feeling today. Sarah: (Surprisingly) content MiniBury: If you are working a job right now, in addition to caring for children, when are you doing the bulk of your work? Sarah: My husband is a dairy farmer,
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